x360key xk3y suddenly stops working randomly

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been using my xk3y jasper happily for many years
now it is acting finicky
more and more it won't auto close the tray to enter mixed mode
unplugging, jiggling USB cables, praying to xk3y gods, re powering - it begins working again

everything is fine once I get a game loaded
but switching games usually makes it stuck reading or open tray
thus repeating the cycle of praying to xk3y false idols - I'm running out of sacrificial offerings
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my suspicion is the flex cable
originally...

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Source: https://gbatemp.net/threads/x360key-xk3 ... ly.588653/